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Subspecies certhioides
Photo © by Stanley Jones
El 44 Reserva Natural de Tiempo Libre, Capilla del Monte, Córdoba Province, Argentina, October 2019
Tarphonomus certhioides

Upucerthia certhioides

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Clements1 and IOC2 place this species in the genus Tarphonomus.

Subspecies[1]

Three subspecies are recognized:

  • T. c. estebani:
  • T. c. luscinia:
  • Chaco of western Argentina (La Rioja and Mendoza)
  • T. c. certhioides:

Habitat

Dry shrubland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Avibase

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